cmdrbanger's manga / #Co-workers(92)

This. Is. The best! What an oddball romantic manga. Very realistic and grounded in certain ways. Kanii being a deadpan comedian behind his serious work persona is such a Japanese trope. It's like Gintama or something. The relationship was also really grounded without annoying cliches. The fact that they seriously roleplay in the last chapter feels so honest (and hot tbh). Straight to the favorites!

The 'I just can't wait' attitude for the sex was lame, but other than that it was really cute! I do wish they'd filled in Akira's side of things more, even if it was just generic romantic exposition conversations to get to the same end. Would've made the gap moe of Akira being the bottom more impactful. And Shogo is just kind of there! He has a friend, but what about his family?? Basically it's cute, but lacking in depth.

Short but decent. The supernatural element makes up for the simple plot.

Meh, too tropey and the anatomy is stiff.

Omg this is amazing!!! Instafav, the relationship development and the sex positivity is god-tier, not to mention the gap moe. Right up there with Nirameba and the Doctor/Construction one. Plus there's a bonus one shot chapter of the B characters, nice.

Meh, slapstick comedy, and no other chapters translated.

Didn't I read this already? Can't remember the story, lol. - Well, I'm not sure if I did but it's a good one! 5* for basically everything. Art, smutty art, story, character growth, drama... It's all great! The only thing missing is a reunion/reconciliation with Hayashida's ex, and I'm not sure if that's supposed to be his high school friend from the first couple or not.

A rare serious manga that believably redeems the bad ex, but NOT with the same partner. I didn't read much of Yumi's story only because it sort of undercut the impact of his and Kan-chan's (Hayashida's) story, and the abuse didn't need belaboring to get the point across. Hayashida's story is just the more interesting one, with more unexpected twists and turns and general subject matter. Maybe not the most cozy and rereadable favorite, but a favorite nonetheless!

Is being released in English!! Vols 1-2 available, Vol 3 just published in Japanese Jan 2024, hopefully coming soon... Hmm... I want to like this more, but the tone is so... Restrained? Everything is being funneled through office politics, and the constant strong beast reiatsu from Atlas is getting old.